On September 27th, seven of us here at Mid-States competed in and finished the Chicago Spartan Super. The race is an obstacle course race that is 8+ miles with 20+ obstacles. Admittedly what seemed like a great idea 6 months prior was making most of us (all of us if we are honest) a little nervous. For all of us this was our first obstacle race, although Bill Abel has completed two 100-mile ultra marathons (he is crazy). The goal was for all of us to get into better shape than we were when we signed up and to finish the race as a team by helping each other along the way. Banged up and bruised...